Directions for further development of the HEATRAN code: definition of a new computational code. [LMFBR]

Technical Report · Wed Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6211541

Cheng, S K; Todreas, N E

HEATRAN is a three-dimension distributed parameter code developed at MIT under the DOE's Mixing Project. The ultimate objective of this code is to calculate the detailed local subchannel conditions, namely, coolant temperature and velocity distributions as well as clad surface temperature distribution, in a wire-wrapped LMFBR subassembly. Currently, the code uses an interior circular cell within the subassembly as the computational domain. A rotating coordinate system and an annular sector have been used to model the wire of the central pin, while discrete flow blcokages have been applied to represent the wires of the adjacent pins.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76ET37240
• OSTI ID: 6211541
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/37240-102TR; ON: DE83009490
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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